Too much, and everything sounds like crap. The perfect blend will produce a great tone. Stacking two or more pedals, is like cooking up the finest sauce. As can distortion pedals like the Rat and similar, like the Buffalo Evolution, TopTone G2 etc. Some Big Muffs, like the Sovtek models and clones, are often best alone. Stacking should only be done if it’s needed. Try placing the overdrive pedal in front of the Muff but be careful with the total amount of gain and volume. David often does this with either a Muff and Powerbooster or Tube Driver.īoosting with more mids boosted and compressed pedals, like the Tube Screamer and OCD, can often make a Muff sound muddy and almost choked. This can either be to produce a volume or gain boost for solos or, like David does, to blend the character of two pedals, for more saturation and sustain.īig Muffs often sound better with a transparent booster placed after it, set for a very mild boost and EQ enhancement. Stacking pedalsĭavid Gilmour, and others like him, often combine or stack two or more gain pedals. Read more about how to choose the right pedal for your amp here. In other words, knowing what amp you have, is crucial for understanding how overdrive and distortion pedals works and ultimately sound.
The design with new technoligy, was also more relieable than the previous silicon and germanium transistors. The idea was to capture the tone of those huge tube stacks in all their glory in a small box. Pedals with a noticeable mid range and compression, like the Tube Screamer, started to appear in the late 70s. These pedals can sound horrible on an uncompressed, mids scooped Twin or smaller bedroom amps, but creamy and smooth on a compressed and mids boosted Marshall. The transparent and mids scooped models were originally designed in the late 60s and early 70s to drive large tube stacks into distortion. Transparent and mids scooped and on the other side of the spectrum, compressed and mids boosted.
Overdrive and distortion pedals can be divided in two categories. On the other hand, an pedal that’s selected to match perfectly with your amp and taste, will make your tones shine and bring out the best in your setup.ĭo yourself a favour when you’re buying gain effects and ask yourself these questions: How will I be using the pedal – stage or rehearsal, studio or bedroom? Do I want boost, overdrive, distortion or fuzz? Will I be using two or more gain pedals at the same time? Know your amp! The wrong pedal for your amp and guitar, can do more harm than good and cause a lot of frustration. Overdrive and distortion isn’t just about getting noise and gain. In this feature we’ll look at a handful of models and how to incorporate these in your rig, with David Gilmour’s tones and bedroom setups in mind.
It can be a tough challenge to decide and to find pedals that suits your rig and purpose. The market overflows with overdrive and distortion pedals.
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